The influence of the Wahlund effect on the consanguinity hypothesis: Consequences for recessive disease incidence in a socially structured Pakistani population

Human Heredity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Overall, Andrew D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Population subdivision; Recessive disease; Wahlund effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONSANGUINITY; EXTENDED FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CONSANGUINITY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 57449103818     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000179561     Document Type: Article

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